N.C. woman gets surprise lottery gift from brother

Comment #20

jamella724 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:56:43 GMT

This was unbelievable...the woman was so lucky that her brother brought her a winning ticket! Wow, I just couldn't believe what I read here...

Comment #19

maringoman — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 03:55:27 GMT

This makes sense because if the other option were true everybody would be applying for store clerk positions lol there would be a stampede to work at 7eleven

Comment #18

billionaire2bee — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:33:01 GMT

And how is that....cause from your response....sounds like you misinterpreted what I said

Comment #17

imagine — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:14:50 GMT

The box to reveal a winner is under the scratching surface. Sure you can just scratch that small area to scan, but it's noticeable that the ticket has been scratched. No state has a ticket that the clerk can tell if it's a winner without scratching.

Comment #16

RJOh — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:38:08 GMT

You make it sound like any clerk could get rich knowing what you think you know.

Comment #15

billionaire2bee — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:19:15 GMT

Actually they can....they have to scan each ticket to verify you won the amount you've won....as for overnight millionaires they have cameras right on the cash registers and lottery terminals and also the cashier has to scan the ticket when you buy it to take it out of the system ....so they could but they go in and watch the tapes and could tell you were just scanning random tickets to see if you won....I know a few people here when they buy the scratchers they'll have it scanned even before th... [ More ]

Comment #14

LottoGuyBC — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 13:00:03 GMT

Congrats

Comment #13

savagegoose — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:02:55 GMT

i always wrote their name and happy xmas on the back, but after one person told me they had lost the ticket, i thought about registering the ticket when buying it to my player ID incase it gets lost. I may have done it just for that person.

now i just dont bother buying as gifts.

Comment #12

RJOh — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 05:55:23 GMT

Ohio's scratch-off tickets require the bar codes be scratched clean too before the terminal can tell if they are winners.

Comment #11

Stack47 — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:14:45 GMT

There are lots of pros and cons about giving scratch-offs as Christmas presents but those against probably never got a fruit cake as a present.I think it was a neat gift that turned into a great gift.

Comment #10

rdgrnr — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:20:32 GMT

I hope he wasn't one of those cheapskates who said they'd sign the back of the ticket before giving it to a relative as a gift.

Comment #9

CinCin — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:23:38 GMT

ahhhh...I'm sure NOT!!

I'm sure she is sharing it with him though. At least I hope she is! If not, I can only imagine the family fued that could possibly lie ahead...perhaps we might see an episode of this in the future on How the Lottery Changed My Life! hehehe

Comment #8

Cletu$2 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:37:20 GMT

Comment #7

maringoman — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:53:59 GMT

You mean its possible to find out if a ticket is a winner before scratching it off? I sure hope not. The store clerks can become overnight millionaires by selling us the losers and keeping the winners to themselves

Comment #6

RedStang — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:14:27 GMT

They don't have bar codes in nc on scratchers.

Comment #5

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:45:44 GMT

Congratulations to Maria, glad she is sharing with her brother....

Comment #4

Ronnie316 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:56:11 GMT

If she figures some hefty deductions, she will get a big return..........

Comment #3

Ronnie316 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:54:51 GMT

As I always say........ scan those bar codes before you give a ticket away........

Comment #2

Ronnie316 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:53:26 GMT

I wonder if he would have given it had he known it was $100k winner.......

Comment #1

Lucky4Life — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:52:10 GMT

only 68,000 after taxes? Makes me wanna cry.

N.C. woman gets surprise lottery gift from brother

Lottery Post — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:45:00 GMT

Maria Juana P. Tolentino, a resident of Candor in Montgomery County, North Carolina, thought she was finished with her family's Christmas on Wednesday. Little did she know that a late gift from her brother, a $5 Mega Bucks lottery ticket, would make her $100,000 richer.

Tolentino was sitting in her living room with her family when she realized she'd won the game's top prize.

At first I thought it was $100, she said. We were happy to win that. Then I kept scratching and saw it was much, mu... [ More ]